Improvement in processes of packing eggs for transportation



S. KUH.

Processes of Packing Eggs for Transpevrtation. 9 0.15 1553 Patented Sept. 1, 1874.

Attornys UNITED S'rra'rns TENT son KUH, or'unrrnssojs, lO'WA.

mratvmgurir PROCESSES or PAGKlNG EGGS FOR TRANSPORTATION.

Specification forming part oi Letters PatentNo. 15 1,553, dated September 1, 1874; application filed July -11, 1874..

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known thatI', SOL KUH, of Jefferson, in the county of Greene and in the State of Iowa, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Process for Packin gs Eggs for Transportation and do hereby declare that the following is'a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accom' panying drawings and to the letters of refer- .ence marked thereon, making a part of this specification.:

The nature of my invention consists of a:

process for packing'and transporting eggs by placingshelled eggs in a many-chambered tray and covering said tray with a cloth saturatedwitha preservative materiahsaid, tray or trays being. inclo'sed in a box, all as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, Figures 1 and- 2 are perspective views of my box, and Fig.3 a crosssection.

In the figures, A represents a box, made of any, suitable material and size. Within this box are placed a series of smaller boxes composed of or filled with cellular compartments.

' These compartments may be made to hold one or a dozen eggs, or more, if necessary.

In using this invention, I first break the eggs and pour the contents into the conipart Inen-ts B, throwing away the shells; When said compartments are sufiiciently full I place over them a cloth which is saturated in-salt and water. The cloth is placed over the smaller July, 1874.

1 boxes in such manner as to exclude the air from them as nearly as possible. The cornpartments or trays are then placedin the box A'and covered by a lid.-

Any suitable advertising labels may be pasted on the box, and the box may be placed in a paper or pasteboard covering or envelope for more perfectsecurity againstiro'st or cold.

By this mode a larger number of eggs can be transported in the same bulk or space. They keep equally well, if not better, and for ordinary purposes are as good with yolk and white mixed as they are in shell, when they can be separated.

I am aware that an What 1 claim. is-

A process for packing and transporting eggs,

consisting, essentially, of placing shelled eggs in cellsor chambers in a many-chambered close box, and covering said chambers first with a cloth saturated with a preservative material, and then by a suitable tightly-fitting lid, all

substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this Bd day of "SOL'KUH Witnesses:

O. H. JACKSON, 7

Gnonen BRIDGEFORD.

egg-carrier consisting of a box having compartments or cells to contain the unshelled eggs separately is not new. 

